About The Role

We are delighted to be expanding our Real Estate Disputes team in the Thames Valley. We are keen to hear from any NQs up to Senior Associates/Legal Directors who either currently undertake property litigation work or who work in a broader commercial disputes role and are interested in specialising in the dynamic and ever relevant area of Real Estate Disputes.

This opportunity offers you the chance to work with a broad range of clients - from international corporates, national and local corporates, NHS, local government, charities, universities and colleges, schools and individuals. You will also have the opportunity to work with our established national team across all of HCR’s offices. You will have a team of top quality, Legal 500 and Chambers rates lawyers around you to support you as you take the next step in your career and will undertake a broad spectrum of work across both the commercial and residential property arenas.

The team advises investors, developers, owners and occupiers of real estate on how best to avoid, manage and resolve real estate issues and disputes. "We listen to client’s priorities and use our skills to reach a swift resolution". The work the team does includes:

Landlord and tenant issues, acting for either landlords or tenants, including :

commercial lease renewals
rent reviews
lease assignment and subletting, breaches of lease covenants
unlawful use and alteration
recovering possession of commercial and residential premises
effective exercise of lease break rights
mixed use schemes including statutory right of pre-emption

Real estate issues including:

adverse possession
land sale and purchase transactions
development agreements
option and overage provisions
rights of light
restrictive covenants
nuisance
boundary disputes
trespassers
providing strategic advice to obtain vacant possession of development sites.

About You

You will need to:

Have experience in a commercial disputes role but with a keenness to specialise in real estate disputes OR previous real estate disputes experience.
Work collaboratively with colleagues and successfully manage client relationships
Demonstrate teamwork and relationship building skills
Possess strong commercial acumen
Be ambitious and organised with a keen eye for detail
Use your own initiative to manage own caseload of files
Be confident and pro-active.

About Us

Benefits of working with us:

• Private Medical Insurance

• Sight tests / Glasses discounts

• Scottish Widows Pension Scheme

• 28 days annual leave (plus public holidays)

• Bonus scheme

• Electric vehicle scheme

• International secondments for 0-5 PQE
• Happy People / Perks at Work benefits portal
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Life Assurance
• 1/3 gym membership contribution
• Flu vaccinations

Is HCR the smart move for you?

HCR suits people who love a challenge and want to work in an environment where careers thrive on the back of hard work and personal merit. Our people enjoy feeling part of something bigger than themselves, and whilst our clients drive our development, it is our people who bring their energy, enthusiasm, and entrepreneurial mindsets together to solve problems and help our clients succeed.

Why HCR people love their jobs

Our people tell us they enjoy working on good quality, interesting matters from a wide variety of our clients, because they get the experience they want to develop their careers. We will give you responsibility early, the mandate to make things happen and we’ll back your good ideas. Our “Passion for People” lives and breathes every day throughout the firm as our peoples’ energy and sense of fun create a warm environment in which to thrive.

What career progression will HCR offer you?

HCR’s growth constantly creates opportunities for people who want to go places and make a difference, your career plan can become part of our growth plan. At HCR you can expect to work with friendly, energetic, ambitious people, who love getting stuck into a client problem, and enjoy celebrating a good outcome. Our people value the sense of community provided by the individual personality of each office and the collegiate approach across all our service and sector teams.

What does HCR believe, achieve and stand for?

As a Times Best Law firm, among the UK Top 60, we provide the full range of services that you would expect to organisations, business leaders and individuals. However, in our mission to give everyone the opportunity to experience a different kind of legal service we take an entrepreneurial approach. We’re flexible and responsive to the needs of our clients, delivering the best outcomes for them. We have more than 800 lawyers and support staff, including more than 150 partners, and have been awarded the Law Society’s Lexcel quality mark in recognition of our compliance and client care standards.

With ten offices in England and Wales our well-established presence stretches from west to east, ensuring clients can access a full-service legal offering no matter where they’re located. We’ve expanded significantly in Birmingham, Cardiff and the Thames Valley, and our merger with Hewitsons resulted in a full service regional hub being established in the heart of the Waterside innovation area centre of Northampton. Our London and Cambridge continue to grow apace.

With solid connections in the communities we work in, and a track record of delivering legal advice to businesses and individuals throughout the areas we base ourselves in, our clients continue to value our approach to providing legal advice, in the way they need, when they need it.

As HCR is an equal opportunities employer, we don’t just accept differences, we celebrate them. We want to attract a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and skills to create a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and which works together to achieve the best outcome for our clients. We are privileged to be an armed forces-friendly organisation.

We also want you to achieve your absolute best during the recruitment process. Please let us know of any changes we can make at any point that will help support your application. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV.

A note for recruitment agencies – The HCR Resourcing Team is responsible for recruitment across the firm, and where possible will use direct hiring methods. We do work with a Preferred Supplier List, and where appropriate, we will release vacancies to those agencies who we deem most appropriate to support us. Only those agencies will be invited to submit candidates via our recruitment portal. Any speculative or unsolicited CVs sent to any employee or Partner of HCR will not be considered an introduction, and no fees will be applicable. Furthermore, we retain the right to pursue these candidates without query of ownership

Dispute Resolution Lawyer (Property Disputes)